NHTSA Complaint #10152733 — 2004 FORD EXPLORER

2004 FORD EXPLORER PURCHASED NEW, EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION ISSUES VERY QUICKLY, HARD ENGAGEMENT INTO REVERSE, CLUNKING WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, CAR LURCHES UPON ACCELERATION DURING A SLOW TURN. I HAVE HAD INTO DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES, BEGINNING 1 YEAR AGO AT 10,000 MILES. RECALL ADDITIVE PUT IN 1ST TIME, 2ND TIME AT 15,000 MILES I LOST THE ENTIRE RIGHT RACK AND PINION WHILE DRIVING (WOULD NOT STEER TO THE RIGHT), THEY TOLD ME AFTER REPAIR, THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS ALSO GONE. 3RD TIME THEY PUT IN A QT. OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. 4TH TIME THEY REPLACED THE SOLENOID. 5TH TIME I REQUESTED BUY-BACK. THEIR TRANSMISSION TECH GUY WENT WITH ME, HE OBSERVED THE PROBLEM; HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY DID NOT KEEP VEHICLE AT THAT TIME. ONE MONTH LATER AFTER I HAD TO KEEP CALLING BACK THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY ADDED ANOTHER ADDITIVE AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM. THEY ALSO HAD TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR CABLE, IT TOLD ME I WAS IN REVERSE WHEN I WAS IN PARK. PICKED UP CAR TODAY, THEY TOLD ME IT SHIFTED GREAT NOW, AND THEY WOULD GIVE ME AN EXTENDED 5 YR. 75,000 MILE WARRANTY. I DECLINED, STATED I WANTED A BUY-BACK. WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE CAR ONCE AGAIN CLUNKED WHILE DECELERATING AND ALSO WHILE ACCELERATING INTO A TURN. I HAVE FILED WITH THE BBB AUTO LINE.